Tag: Technology
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Faculty Favorites: Encountering the Ecological Weird
in ChecklistsWeird times call for weird recommendations. Faculty from across the disciplines share books, films, and songs that explore the ecological weird—from the uncanny and unsettling to the disorienting and unexpected.
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Technological Mediations for Interspecies Communication
Alizée Armet asks what happens when we stop trying to interpret plants and fungi as if they were speaking our language. Through a series of living art installations, she explores how humans, plants, fungi, and technology can form new kinds of relationships that challenge human ideas of communication.
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The Colonial Depths of Seasteading
in EssaysIvey Wexler draws parallels between libertarian’s interest in seasteading to oceanic colonialism in the nineteenth century, especially as Robert Stevenson illustrated in The Ebb-Tide.
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Eight Environmental Podcasts to Follow in 2024
in ChecklistsRunning out of podcasts? Fret not. Edge Effects editors have a list of environmental podcasts that they think you should listen to. This list encompasses a wide range of topics related to environmental and social change, including climate activism, corporate greenwashing, mining conflicts, and more.
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Fish Farming in the Digital Cloud
in EssaysPatrick Brodie investigates the complex political ecology of energy, data, and fish in Ireland’s peat bog aquaculture.
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The Transformative and Hungry Technologies of Copper Mining
in EssaysRobrecht Declercq and Duncan Money, editors of the recent book Born With a Copper Spoon, explore the past and future relationship between mining technologies and the environment.
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BBC’s The Green Planet Puts Plants in the Spotlight
James Weldon reviews BBC’s docuseries The Green Planet, and considers whether new film technology can help humans better understand plants.
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Are You Afraid of the Dark?
in EssaysDarkness is vanishing, and that’s a problem. Historian Kenneth Weisbrode and poet Heather H. Yeung explain how and why we seek out the dark.
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Diving into the History of Seabed Mining
in EssaysTo understand the future of seabed mining, look to the economic and environmental histories of an industry that threatens the stability of the ocean floor.
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Can Aquaculture Make Seafood Sustainable?
in CommentaryAquaculture is bringing seafood out of the sea. It might be a good idea.